Category: Local News

A 27-year-old man who committed suicide in the Wekada area in Panadura has tested positive for COVID-19 reporting the 22nd COVID-19 death in Sri Lanka.

Arrangements have been made to distribute essential items through mobile vendors, as has been done during the curfew period.

The Commissioner General of Examinations Sanath Pujitha says that steps will be taken to conduct the GCE Advanced Level Examination without any hindrance in the areas where the curfew is in place.

Former State Minister and former MP for Batticaloa District Ali Zahir Moulana has urged the Government to facilitate burial of unfortunate Muslims who pass away due to COVID-19.

President Gotabya Rajapaksa has made several concrete decisions to curb COVID spread without disrupting public life and the economy.

Another patient who tested positive for the COVID-19 has died today, marking the 21st death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 01 November 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Quarantine curfew will be imposed from 5.00 am tomorrow until 5.00 am on 09 November in Kurunegala Town area, Kuliyapitiya and Eheliyagoda Police areas.

Quarantine curfew imposed in the Western province has been extended by a week until 5.00 am on Monday, the 9th of November.

Two doctors and a nurse working in the Pediatric Unit of the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital (Colombo South Teaching Hospital) have been contracted with COVID-19.

Sri Lanka has tumbled from best to worst in Asia’s dollar bond market, underscoring how fast the pandemic can chill sentiment toward weaker emerging-market assets.

The COVID-19 death rate in Sri Lanka is 0.2 percent while it is two to four percent in the world, President, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Anuruddha Padeniya said.

Two staff members of the Softlogic Glomark Kottawa outlet (supermarket) had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the management said in a public notice.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 31 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

State Minister Duminda Dissanayake says the general public should not criticise the government for the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, as it has taken all possible steps to the contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Researchers of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura have found that the current circulating strain of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka is different to the strains that circulated in the country previously.